POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TIPS RSVP Lesson #13: Tips for a Successful Senior Project PowerPoint

Know Your Audience Your audience is: Educators, business professionals and community members

Presentation First, PowerPoint Second

Building Outline Take a piece of paper and list the key pieces needed to build an outline for your presentation. Using the Reflection & Self-Assessment in the Senior Project Handbook on page 33 develop an outline for your speech Also see page 38 for sample outlines Design an outline from these questions and reflections Type your outline into a word document and save it in your documents On the next slide you will learn how to insert an outline into your PowerPoint

Inserting Your Outline Open Microsoft PowerPoint and save a blank PowerPoint naming it : Senior Project Presentation- Last Name Re-open it and follow the directions: On the Home tab click the “New Slide” In the drop down from New Slide select “Slides from Outline” In your documents select the outline you created for this assignment and click “insert” You should see each of the outline topics on their own slide Look how easy this is!!

Fact: The purely visual portion of your PowerPoint presentation will be responsible for 55% of the impact you have on audience, compared to the 38% in regards to things you say, and 7% of text you quote on each slide [source: Price]. Use PowerPoint as a Visual Aid

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Rehearsed Timings

PowerPoint Tips 1. Keep it simple 2. Select a theme or colors that are easy to the eye 3. Keep all slides consistent 4. Use images on slides and type your speech in the notes of each slide 5. If you type bullet points you want to cover follow the rule below: Use the 4 x 5 rule: Four bullets with no more than five words No more than 10 slides in presentation (you only have 7-11 minutes) Use animations sparingly Keep it legible and make sure your fonts and colors are easily seen by audience Proofread, proofread, proofread

Practice, Practice, Practice Don’t let your PowerPoint hinder your presentation Make sure that you have practiced with PowerPoint as if you were presenting If you have any questions or concerns about recording your PowerPoint for this assignment please contact me via not through Do not start this lesson at the last minute or you will be sorry. I have spent a lot of time building this PowerPoint lesson and have rehearsed it several times.